Abstract: A device for condensate removal from a steam-heated rotatable drying cylinder having a condensate suction pipe rotating with the drying cylinder and featuring a suction mouthpiece on the inside surface of the cylinder shell. A steam blowing line extends from the area of the axis of rotation of the drying cylinder into the interior of the suction mouthpiece. The mouth of the steam blowing line located there is arranged a maximally short distance from the inside surface of the cylinder shell and is directed and/or aligned on the condensate suction pipe.

Abstract: A method and installation for removing water from, drying and/or conditioning fibrous, porous or filament materials. A stream of gaseous fluid is caused to flow through an enclosure, by means of a plurality of flow means, so that it passes through the materials to be treated under reduced pressure and/or with over pressure, from the inside towards the outside of the materials, or vice versa, and a stream of water vapor is caused to pass through said materials so as to accelerate the removal of water at the beginning of drying and/or to rapidly raise the temperature of the treated materials and/or to spray said materials, if desired, during drying.

Abstract: A unifelt system for drying paper includes banks of upper and lower drying cylinders around which the paper is conveyed in contact with a support sheet. At least one suction nozzle is provided at the pocket formed at the upstreammost lower cylinder and the support sheet to prevent air from being trapped between the paper and the support sheet for minimizing bulging which might otherwise occur.

Abstract: A shelf structure for drying sacked matter is disclosed which is capable of uniformly and effectively drying particulate matter while leaving it charged in an air-permeable sack. The shelf structure comprises a hollow support and hollow shelf boards communicated with the hollow support and each having at least one carrier section for supporting sacked matter thereon. The shelf structure is airtightly constructed except the carrier section and vent ports to permit drying air to be forcedly introduced through the carrier section in the structure and discharged from the vent ports.

Abstract: A system for automatically controlling the operation of a dryer, periodically produces signals representative of the present temperature of a load to be dried. Heat is applied to the load in response to the signals representative of the present temperature of the load. A circuit determines a time interval for the load to reach one predetermined temperature from another predetermined temperature. That time interval is representative of the present condition of the load. The dryer is shut off when the present condition of the load reaches a predetermined desired condition.

Abstract: A hands free portable hair dryer holder is provided and is designed to hold a portable hair dryer while in use, allowing a person to use their two free hands on the hair. A mechanism can be built within the holder which will automatically swing the hair dryer up and down while in use so as to prevent excessive heat at one spot on the hair.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously thermally treating an elongate textile product such as a slide fastener stringer tape having oil includes a housing having a preheated chamber for preheating the textile product and a main heating chamber for heating the elongate textile product after it has been preheated to give off an oily smoke. Part of the oily heated air in the main heating chamber is discharged out of the housing through a heat exchanger which supplies heated air of lower temperature to the preheating chamber. To remove a tar deposit from the heat exchanger, the supply of cold air to the heat exchanger is cut off and the heat exchanger is heated by the heated air discharged from the main heating chamber. The tar deposit is then melted and collected by a tar collector. The main heating chamber has inlet and outlet slots for the elongate textile product, the inlet slot opening into the preheating chamber and the outlet slot opening into an outlet chamber communicating with the preheating chamber.

Abstract: A bone cutter comprising various curved blades and an adjustable radial arm for making arcuate cuts with the use of a reciprocating, saber or jig saw.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and method for drying anthers and separating pollen contained therein. The apparatus comprises a chamber for holding pollen bearing anthers, which has an inlet for air and an outlet from the chamber. The outlet is spaced apart from the inlet and allows for air to be drawn or passed through the inlet and to pass through the chamber to exit from the outlet. The apparatus is characterized in that air issuing from the inlet passes through means having a plurality of openings therein, said openings each being disposed at an angle to the direction of incoming air, such that the air issuing through the opening and into the chamber has a substantially twisting motion. The method comprises the steps of placing pollen bearing anthers into a chamber, and passing a twisting stream of air through said chamber, such as to disturb the anthers and release pollen therefrom.

Abstract: A wall-mounted dryer of the type for drying a person's hands, face and hair with blowing heated air. The inlet for air into the dryer is formed by a narrow opening around the periphery, except on top, along the surface of the wall for inhibiting the entry of foreign objects, such as by vandals. The narrow opening has inclined louvres for further reducing the size of the openings into the dryer.

Abstract: An improved fabric dryer having a cabinet with a closable door, a stationary microwave impermeable container within the cabinet having an opening contiguous to and in alignment with the cabinet opening and having air inlets and an air outlet opening, a magnetron for generating electromagnetic energy and a wave guide for directing the energy into the container, an air and microwave permeable basket removably positionable within the container through the opening therein, the basket having a latchable door and being adaptable to receive fabric therein to be dried, rollers within the container for rotating the basket to tumble fabric therein and a fan for drawing air out the container air outlet. The removable basket facilitates placing fabric into and out of the dryer.

Abstract: Dryer for drying washed glass plates as they travel in a housing having an entrance slot and an exit slot and contains a conveyor having bottom members and backing elements defining a plane of travel for the glass plates. Elongate front and rear blast nozzles are provided and which are respectively disposed on both sides of the plane of travel and are upwardly inclined opposite to the direction of travel and have air exit slots which face the plane of travel and extend upwardly from a level which is close to the level of the bottom edge supporting conveyor. Respective shields are provided between the blast nozzles and the adjacent walls of the housing. The housing has an exhaust air outlet. In one embodiment, the top end of each blast nozzle is spaced from the entrance end wall of the dryer and the exhaust air opening is formed in the top wall of the housing between the upper ends of the blast nozzles and the entrance end wall of the dryer.

Abstract: Passive dehumidification ventilator for crawl spaces and attics of dwellings. According to the present invention, dehumidification is accomplished for the attics and crawl spaces of dwellings by providing entrance tubes for circulating air in these regions. The tubes are constructed such that cooler incoming air through the center of the tubes causes condensation on exterior surfaces of moisture that is contained in the air of an attic or crawl space. This moisture is then conveyed exterior to the building so that it is not reintrained in the air flow. Since moisture is reduced by condensation, a lower air flow is required to reduce the moisture content, and thus the heat load of the heating system is reduced thereby. In a soffit unit, a plurality of tubes direct air into the region adjacent the roof structure such that moisture ladened air flowing down the inner surface of the roof condenses the moisture therefrom on the exterior of the tubes.

Abstract: Fibrous material is dried in a vessel 1 by passing vapor through the same which is circulated in a circulation conduit 26, superheated in a continuous flow heater 20 and circulated by a fan 16. A vacuum pump 31 is connected to the circulation conduit 26 by a pressure control valve 32.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying shoes in a clothes dryer includes a frame member having a mounting surface for receiving and supporting a shoe. Fasteners, in the form of a pair of straps, may be adjusted to securely engage and hold the shoe on the mounting surface. Lips provided at each end of the mounting surface help prevent the shoe from slipping from the surface. A powerful magnet allows the secure attachment of the apparatus and shoe to the drum of an automatic dryer. Preferably the apparatus is mounted to the metal wall of the drum directly behind a paddle of the drum that serves to tumble clothes in the dryer as the drum rotates. The magnet is securely mounted to the frame member in a channel. The channel is formed of ferromagnetic material, and the sidewalls of the channel extend past the engaging face of the magnet. These sidewalls then act as dipoles to concentrate the attractive force of the magnet for more secure attachment of the apparatus to the dryer drum.

Abstract: An air actuated lint removing system for cleaning lint filters in clothes dryers includes means for moving the lint filter and an air flow directing means with respect to one another to remove accumulated lint, and lint transporting means to move the lint to a lint collection reservoir.

Abstract: A control apparatus for controlling the differential pressure between steam inlet and outlet lines of a web dryer and includes a selectively controllable outlet valve disposed in the outlet line for selectively controlling the flow of blow-through steam, condensate and non-condensible gases out of the dryer. A dryer speed sensor generates a first control signal and a condensing rate sensor senses the rate at which a layer of condensate builds up within the dryer. The condensate rate sensor generates a second control signal. A control device is operably connected to an outlet valve actuator for selectively energizing the actuator in response to the first and second control signals. The control device compares the signals to determine the optimum relative setting of the outlet valve so that flooding of the dryer with condensate is inhibited while the differential pressure between the inlet and outlet lines is maintained as low as possible.

Abstract: A vacuum rotary drier comprising a hollow body which rotates about a horizontal axis is provided with supplementary stirring devices. These devices, which are fixed to the walls of the hollow body, include a motor located outside the drying chamber and a stirring implement which rotates at high speed within the drying chamber and serves to break up lumps present in the product to be dried.

Abstract: A clothes-drying platform composed of coarse nylon netting stretched taut between frame members knitted through the marginal courses of the netting can be supported alternatively by swingable retractable legs, by suction cups on the corners of the platform and by a suspension sling including loop legs attachable to the platform corners by being caught behind the suction cups.

Abstract: A mounting structure for use in rotationally supporting a rotatable drum dryer is provided which prevents spauling, flaking and pitting of the dryer tracks, which supports the rotational movement of the dryer, and which prevents axial shifting of the dryer. The mounting structure preferably includes a fixed base, at least a pair of proximal, continuous, annular tracks fixedly secured to the dryer, and a corresponding pair of trunnion rollers rotatably coupled with the base and adapted for contacting the faces of the tracks respectively. The mounting structure also advantageously includes at least one thrust wheel for engaging the side of one of the tracks to prevent axial shifting of the dryer. More particularly, two mounting structures are provided, one for each end of the dryer, and each mounting structure includes two pairs of thrust wheels, one pair engaging the side of each track and opposedly configured to prevent axial shifting of the dryer in either direction.